Most voters say it’s time for Senator Al Franken to go if his accusers are right.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey shows that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Minnesota Democrat should resign from the Senate if the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him prove to be true. Just 27% disagree, while 17% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Even his fellow Democrats by a 45% to 37% margin think Franken should resign if the allegations are true. But that compares to 69% of Republicans and 52% of voters not affiliated with either major political party who believe Franken should quit.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of all voters share a favorable opinion of the former Saturday Night Live
writer who was elected to the Senate in 2008, although that includes only 11% with a Very Favorable one. Forty-two percent (42%) view Franken unfavorably, with 25% who hold a Very Unfavorable opinion of him. Twenty-one percent (21%) are undecided.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 19-20, 2017 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Only 18% of Democrats have a Very Favorable opinion of Franken, a view shared by six percent (6%) of GOP voters and eight percent (8%) of unaffiliateds.

Interestingly, two key Democratic constituencies – women and those under 40 – feel more strongly than men and older voters that Franken should resign if the charges against him are true. Men and voters 40 and older still view Franken more unfavorably, however.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of liberals hold a favorable regard for Franken, compared to 23% of conservatives and 45% of moderates.

Among voters with a Very Favorable opinion of Franken, only 27% believe he should resign even if the allegations against him are true.

Looking back in 2015 on Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern who infamously had an affair with President Bill Clinton, 69% now believe the 22-year-old’s relationship with the 49-year-old president was a consensual one between two adults. Just 22% believe Lewinsky was the victim of an older, more powerful man.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 19-20, 2017 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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